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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
15
A whimsical verse card recipe blends water and prayer with morning gold and merriment. It advises adding work and joy with juve essence and a hint of play, then asks for wise aid and a hopeful glance above to complete a well made day.
Okanagan Valley shows rapid growth with rising property values and population surges in Kelowna Vernon and Penticton. New industries plant in the region include a packing plant near Vernon and a government project in Kelowna to tax inside southern British Columbia while hotels expand to ease overcrowding. Cumberland County men fined $2400 for horse meat sales to Halifax packers.
Sunday School lesson outlines Paul and Barnabas in Antioch and their first missionary journey. It highlights the Spirit’s call, prayer, and sending of the pair, their preaching to Jews first and Gentiles later, and the ensuing opposition and spread of the Gospel to distant lands.
Jeanne d Arc Lemp y, Quebec City's first woman lawyer, is awarded a gold medal by Marcel Poignard of the Paris Bar for topping all participants in Quebec's civil law exams.
In a Canadian embassy briefing, Commercial Counselor Harry Acult cited high stakes in automobiles steel and copper as production fell. He noted automotive output at 2.425 million units, steel at 14.597 million tons, soft coal at 62.745 million tons and refined copper at 196.21 thousand tons.
A local farm auctioneer advertises a public sale of Percheron horses, cattle, hay, oats, crops, and extensive furniture and farming implements. Items include mares, geldings, wagons, harness, milk equipment, and household furniture. The proprietor sells the farm and will settle cash with the clerk on sale day.
The widow Mrs Harriet Packer sells by public auction at her farm near Arton on Wednesday October 30 starting 1 00 pm. Items include horses and harness parcheron stock cattle hogs and farm implements plus farm equipment and buildings. Terms 10 percent day of sale balance in 30 days with no reserve as she gives up farming. Auctioneers Mindley and Elliott.
Ottawa turns witness to a model train project by the Ottawa Union of Model Trainmen. Members aged 18 to 70 construct a Grand Central Railway Canada replica basement layout with luminotives, freight cars, and 4 feet of track. The scene includes detailed scale models, stations, signals, and a winded glass cape display.
The Department of National Health and Welfare asks all Rome makers to can fruits and vegetables this year. This will provide a handy stock of healthful food and allow shipment to more people in need.
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